Feeding mechanism for saws.



H. B. ROSS, B. D.-STEVENS & J. P. GATES.

FEEDING MECHANISM FOR SAWS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2, 1907.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

-- stretch; take the invention will become apparent from the fol- Beloit, in the county of Rock and State of "Wlsconsin, have jointly invented certain to employ a feeding mechanism consisting riew of oneof the flights or conveyer bloclis UNITED STATES HARRY B. noss, BURT D. s'rnvnns, AND'JOHN PATENTOFFICE.

r. GA'rEs or BELOIT, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORS.

TO THE BERLIN MACHINE WORKS, OF B ELOIT, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WIS- OONSIN. FEEDING MECHA No. 93 1,223. Specification of NISltI FOR SAWS.

Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 17, 1909.

Application filed December 2, 1907. Serial No 404,877.-

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY B. Ross, BURT D. STEVENS, and Joan P. GATES, citizens of the United States, all residing at iiew and useful Improvements in Feeding Mechanism for Saws, of which the following is a specification.

Although our present invention is illus trated on the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and described herein in connection with wood sawing machines, it is not limited to such use or application, even though particularly valuable in that relation, but it is applicable for many uses, especially where exactly-timed travel ofa part. is necessary or accurately tim'ed actuating mechanism of any kind is desirable.

In double cut-oft saws it has been usual of a air of chains passing around sprocket whee s and having conveyor blocks or flights attached thereto at intervals and to corresponding links of the pair of sprocket chains, to feed or push the boards forwardly to the companion cut-off saws. Use of these ma chines has shown'and demonstrated that the hinge pins or links of the chains not only become worn but that they wear unevenly, destroying the alinent'ent of the pushing or feeding blocks or abutnients, and causing improper and untrue sawing of the boards. I To overcome thisdiificulty we-have devised a feeding mechanism ofthe same. general character as that outlined above but in which endless steel bands, U which cannot place of the objectionable chains. 1

Other features of norelty and value of the lowing detailed description of the embodiment of our invention in double cut-oil saws. 0n the accompanying drawirig-Figure 1 is a plan View of such a saw; Fig. 2 illustr..tes in side elevation our improved feeding mechanism for advancing the boards to the saws; Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through a portion ofthe steel band and block-i fastened thereto; ,Fig. 4 is a plan of the intermediate blocks or )ieces located between the flight or conveyor lock and the outer face of the metallic band; and Fig. (3 is a plan view of one of.the blocks or teeth fastened to the inner face of the metallic band or strap. Referring to the drawing, it will be noticed that the double cut-off saw l1as a base or bed 10, a pair of revoluble circular saws 11 and 12 mounted on a shaft rotated by -means of a driving puilley 13. At the two ends of the machine 2111C rotatable in suitable bearings are the two shafts 14 and 15' on each of which is mounted a pair of Wheels or pulleys 16 of the type indicated in Fig.2. The shaft 15 may be rotated or driven by any suitable power-conveying means, as for example the gear 17 fastened to one end thereof.

The wheels 16 on the shaft 15 are keyed thereto so that they constitute thedriving means for the board conveying and advancing metallic bands described below,

while the wheels 16 on the shaft 14 may rotate loosely on the shaftfor may be fixed to the shaft which revolves in bearings pro- ,vided therefor. The circular periphery of each of the wheels 16 is notched or grooved to provide a number of tapered. recesses 18. The wheels 16 on the shafts 14 and 15 are arranged in a'linen'ient, and passing aroundeach pair is a tempered spring steel band e belt 19, the two overlapped ends 20 and 21 of each of which are clainpedibetween the inner concave surface of a flight or conveyor block on the outer face of the overlapping ends, and the convex inner surfaue of a tapered tooth or block 23 located on the inner surface of the overlapped ends, the two blocks 22 and 23' being riveted together, whereby the two ends of'the band 19 are securely fastened together and crimped or curved between the two blocks to secure a firmer and stronger connection. The block or tooth23 is shaped to conform substantially exactly to the shape of the recesses 18 of the wheels 1-6 and is adapted to enter one of these recesses as the band passes around one of the Wheels.

The cndles'rfietallic band or belt 19 has in addition to the coupling or uniting blocks 22 and'23 a plurality of spaced flights or'con for the boards; Fig. .5 is a plan view of one l veying pieces or. blocks 24 located'on the outer faceof the belt or.-band 19 as isthe therethrough to accommodate and receive a pair of rivets which pass through similar apertures in the band 19 and hold the two parts and 2G securely together and fasten them fixedly to the band or belt. The intermediatepiece 25 is also centrally apertured at 29 for the reception of a fastening screw 30 whichengages the threads of a centrally locatedscrew-threaded aperture 31 in the tooth 26, its conical head being accommodated in a similarly-shaped recess or hole 32 in the block or flight 24. As is clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 1, each flight or conveying block has on its front face a pair of forwardlyextended projections 33 adapted to bear against the rear edge of the board or piece, being advanced thereby to the revolving circular saws. As is clearly illustrated, the blocks or teeth 26 are shaped to conform substantially to the recesses 18 and are spaced apart on the band 19 so that they Will accurately enter the grooves or openings 18 provided fortheir accommodation. Each tooth 26 forms a of its companion flight or conveyer block, and also acts in cooperation with the rece'sses 18 to'maintain unvarying alinement of the blocks on the two parallel metallic bands or strips 19. These endless bands are driven not only by the friction between the bands and the driving wheels or pulleys, but also by the co-action between the teeth on the inner face of the band and the grooves or recesses on the wheels. I There is practically no stretch to metallic bands 19 of the character indicated so that accurate and true sawing off of the ends of the boards may be accomplished by the employment of a mech- 4 anism of the character herein set forth.

As previously stated, a mechanism of this character may be used in various devices and in. ma'ny relations to accomplish a diversity of results, and it is especially adapted for use in a machine of any kind where accurate feeding or timing of the actuation of any part is required, since the flights 24 or even the teeth 23 and 26 may be used for the accomplishment of a result quite different pair of backing for the attachment from that of feeding boards to a double cutoff saw. I

Various minor mechanical changes may be made in the construction herein described and illustrated without departure from the substance or spirit of our invention or sacrificing its benefits and advantages. Although We have shown and described a bands with attached blocks feeding the boards to the saws, it is obvious that a single band or more than two such bands unay be employed, if desired. Furthermore, although we have shown a flight or conveyer block attached to each of the teeth, any number of these blocks may be omitted if preferred, but it will be readily understood, however, that the recesses 18 on the periphcry of the Wheels will have to be so spaced to acconnnodate the teeth or blocks on the inner faces of the bands or belts.

\Ve claim: In a feeding mechanism for saws, the 30 combination of a pair of saws, two pairs of rotatable wheels or pulleys each having one or more recesses or grooves on its periphery, a pair of endless metallic bands passed around said wheels or pulleys, a plurality of blocks or teeth on the inner surface of each of said bands adapted to enter the recesses of said wheels orpulleys during the rotation of the latter, a flight'or conveyer block on the outer face of each said blocks or teeth, means to fasten said flights or conveyerblocks to the inner blocks or teeth, the ends ofeach of said metallic bands being overlapped, a conveyer block having a curved face resting on a surface of 95 each pair of said overlapped ends, a second block or tooth adapted to enter the recesses or grooves of said wheels or pulleys and having a curved face bearing against the opposite surface of said overlapped ends, and 106 means to fasten said blocks together to clamp said bands together, the'latter being crimped between the curved faces of said blocks, substantially as described.

HARRY B. ROSS. BURT n. STEVENS. JOHN P. earns.

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